Paul Klee
Paul Klee (1879–1940) was a Swiss-German painter associated with Expressionism, Cubism, and Surrealism, known for his distinctive style combining childlike imagery with sophisticated color theory and geometric abstraction.
He taught at the Bauhaus school and produced over nine thousand works.
His paintings often feature whimsical figures, symbols, and dreamlike compositions: The Klee retrospective included several works from his Bauhaus period.
Complex psychological state
- subjectivityPersonal viewpoint coloring perception
- primitivismIdealization of pre-modern life
- Der Blaue ReiterExpressionist art movement, Munich
- distortionTwisting from original state
intensity · gestural · psyche · inner vision · spontaneity · lyrical · spiritual · mystical
Hazy and fantastical
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- whimsyPlayful, capricious quality
- subconsciousBelow conscious awareness
- automatismInvoluntary mechanical behavior
imagination · playful · mysterious · enigmatic · poetic · symbolic · metaphysical · irony
Relating to mathematical shapes
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- color theoryFramework for understanding hues
- nonrepresentationalNot depicting reality
- cubismGeometric, fragmented visual style
pictorial · grid · linear · fragmentation · reduction · simplification · schematic · hieroglyphic
Swiss federal city
- MunichBavaria's largest city
- TunisiaNorth African republic
- GermanCentral European language
- citizenshipStatus as state member
Translucent paint medium
- inkWriting fluid
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- etchingAcid-incised metal print
- drawingMarks forming a picture
sketchbook · brushwork · palette · line · hatching · pointillism · stippling · washes
Art of instruction
- WeimarThuringian city, cultural landmark
- KandinskyBauhaus painting instructor
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- teachingProfession of instructing others
workshops · masterclass · apprenticeship · design · interdisciplinary · form · typography · theory
emotion
Complex psychological state
- subjectivityPersonal viewpoint coloring perception
- primitivismIdealization of pre-modern life
- Der Blaue ReiterExpressionist art movement, Munich
distortion · intensity · gestural · psyche · inner vision · spontaneity · lyrical · spiritual · mystical · childlike
dreamlike
Hazy and fantastical
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- whimsyPlayful, capricious quality
- subconsciousBelow conscious awareness
automatism · imagination · playful · mysterious · enigmatic · poetic · symbolic · metaphysical · irony · absurdity
geometric
Relating to mathematical shapes
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- color theoryFramework for understanding hues
- nonrepresentationalNot depicting reality
cubism · pictorial · grid · linear · fragmentation · reduction · simplification · schematic · hieroglyphic · ideogram
Bern
Swiss federal city
citizenship · exile · degenerate art · illness · scleroderma
watercolor
Translucent paint medium
drawing · sketchbook · brushwork · palette · line · hatching · pointillism · stippling · washes · glazes
pedagogy
Art of instruction
- WeimarThuringian city, cultural landmark
- KandinskyBauhaus painting instructor
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
teaching · workshops · masterclass · apprenticeship · design · interdisciplinary · form · typography · theory · lectures
- artistsPablo Picasso, painter, artist, illustrators, Leonardo da Vinci
- Modern Artcubism, Cubism, Fauvism, dadaism, Dadaism
- abstract artabstract art, abstract expressionism, abstraction, expressionism, abstract composition
- ExpressionismEdvard Munch, The Scream, Der Blaue Reiter, German Expressionism, woodcuts
- Modern ArtistsPicasso, Pablo Picasso, Matisse, Pollock, Warhol
- modernismPicasso, Matisse, Duchamp, Braque, Kandinsky
Paul KleePiet Mondrian
Norman Rockwell · Diego Rivera · minimalism · hard-edge painting
Paul KleeFrancis Bacon